Ambery LCDT6 Operating instructions

Brand: Ambery

Model: LCDT6

Category: LCD TVs

Type: Operating instructions

Super Video to WXGA Converter

External Cable TV Tuner

Ambery Model Number: LCDT6

Corporate Website: http://www.ambery.com

Contact Support: support@ambery.com

OPERATION MANUAL

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Package Content …………………………………………………….………...…………. 1

About The TV Tuner ……………………………………………………………………...…2

Front & Rear Panels…….……………………………………………………….………….…3

Illustration of Basic Connection.…………………………………………………..……… …4

Setup Procedures….……………………………………..……………………………….…5-7

Remote Controller Description………………….…………………………….………………8

Operations……………………………………………………………….…………………9 -13

Specification ……………………………………………………..……………………………14

Trouble Shooting …………………………………………………………………..…………14

PACKAGE CONTENT

Before the installation, please check the package of content.

1. External Cable TV Tuner unit X 1

2. Vertical Stand X 1

3. Remote Control X 1

4. HD-15 VGA Cable X 1

5. 3.5mm Stereo Audio Cable X 1

6. AC-DC Power Adaptor X 1 (Please check the AC Voltage)

Main Unit

Plastic Stand

Remote Control

VGA Cable

Audio Cable

AC/DC Adaptor

ABOUT THIS VIDEO CONVERTER / TV TUNER MODULE

This external cable TV tuner unit doubles as a video upconverter and switcher. With the advanced

video processor built in, this multimedia unit delivers outstanding video quality that surpasses your

home TV display. Simply connect multiple video sources from CATV, DVD/VCR player, Camcorder,

Video Game Consoles, Satellite Receiver, Video Camera or PC together thru this unit via

AV/S-Video/VGA connections and select the desired input to watch any TV, DVD movies, computer

screen or play video games on a desktop monitor, projector or flat panel TV with sharp and clean

picture quality.

Features:

Stand alone external NTSC TV tuner module for LCD TVs, Projection TV, LCD/CRT monitors or

projector without coax cable TV tuners built in.

Great demodulator for converting coaxial cable TV signals into RCA video and stereo audio outputs

for TV, video recorders, A/V receivers, wireless transmitter kit, etc.

Up-converts composite video or s-video signals into sharp progressive scan VGA signals.

9-level VGA output resolutions: 1920x1200, 1920x1080, 1680x1050, 1600x1200, 1440x900,

1366x768, 1280x1024, 1024X768 and 800x600 pixels.

Supports PIP mode (Picture-In-Picture) for the benefit of users to watch cable TV or DVD movie

from a video sub-window while using computer at the same time.

When in PIP mode, TV video sub-window can be resized and re-positioned to different location on

the monitor screen.

Supports POP mode for cable TV channel preview up to 16 channels at a time in 4x4 matrix.

Adjustable controls of video color elements for brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, color

temperature and picture modes.

4 video inputs (RF/Coaxial + composite video + s-video + PC VGA pass through)

2 video outputs (VGA + Demodulator output from coax in)

Supports video inputs from all NTSC and PAL systems with automatic video mode detection.

Selectable screen ratio of 4:3, 16:9 and 16:10.

Stereo audio inputs and output.

Supports sleep timer function for powering off the module after a pre-set time interval.

Full-function remote controller.

Application:

Turns any LCD monitor or projector into a LCD TV.

Great add-on of analog cable tuner module for regular TVs, new HDTVs, Plasma flat panel,

computer monitor or projector without coax input.

Watch DVD or VHS video on a desktop monitor.

Converts coax analog CATV signals into composite video and audio via RCA jacks.

FRONT & REAR PANELS

Front Panels:

Rear Panels:

SPEAKER: Audio output in

3.5mm Stereo connector for

connection with multimedia

speaker or stereo system.

VGA Pass Through: VGA

input in D-sub 15-pin connector

for connection with PC. Signal

pass through only, no conversion

done on this VGA input.

MONITOR Port: VGA output

in D-sub 15-pin connector for

connection with VGA display like

CRT/ LCD/TFT monitor, projector

or LCD TV.

VGA 訊號輸出端

CABLE IN: Coax input for coax

CATV cable from the wall.

Video Out:

This video converter tuner model

can also convert the coax CATV

signals and outputs in composite

RCA video signals through this port.

AUDIO IN:

Audio input in 3.5mm Stereo

connector for connecting to the

audio output of PC sound card

DC 5V: Power input connector for

AC/DC Adaptor supplied,

Please note using different rated

power supply will cause damage

to the unit.

Power Button

Input Button

CH +/- Button

Volume +/- Button

Semi-transparent casing

Stereo Audio Input

Composite Video Input

S- Video Input

ILLUSTRATION OF BASIC CONNECTION

*All brand names and trademarks stated or illustrated are related to their respect owners.

Front View

DVD/VCD

VCR

Camcorder

GAMECUBETM

PS2TM

X-BoxTM

Back View

Antenna or CATV

Audio Cable

Speaker

Monitor or LCD

VGA Cable

Power Adaptor

VGA Card

Sound Card

PC Back Panel

Audio Cable

SET UP PROCEDURE

(1.) Set up cable connection when using a LCD/CRT monitor (In this section you will

see TV pictures after finishing the installation)

a. Connect the coaxial CATV cable from the wall into the RF input (“CABLE IN” port) in the back

panel of TV tuner module.

b. Connect the VGA cable from the VGA output( “MONITOR” port) in the back panel of TV tuner

module to your VGA monitor or LCD TV monitor.

c. Run the 3.5mm audio cable from your multimedia speaker or stereo system to the audio output

(“SPEAKER” port) from the back panel of TV tuner module.

d. Connect the AC/DC power adapter of the TV tuner and power on the cable TV tuner module

using the supplied remote control or the push button on the module.

e. Set the TV tuner module at TV mode by pressing the “INPUT” button from the remote

controller or from the front control panel on the module unit itself. The “INPUT” button will

lead you to the desired video input channel from Coax(TV), Composite Video, S-Video

and PC VGA Pass Through. The video channel selection goes by a loop, i.e. CATV AV

SV CATV…

f. If the TV video screen is displayed on the CRT/LCD TV monitor or projector when you set the

TV tuner module at TV mode. Congratulation! You have finished the installation.

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CRT or LCD

Speaker

Rear

AC/DC

Adaptor

(2) Set up cable connection when connecting with a PC. (In this section, you will

watch TV while using your PC at the same time after finishing all the installation.)

a. Connect the coaxial CATV cable from the wall into the RF input (“CABLE IN” port) in the

back panel of TV tuner module.

b. Connect the VGA cable from PC video card output to the VGA input (“VGA IN” port) of TV

tuner module.

c. Connect the VGA cable from the VGA output( “MONITOR” port) in the back panel of TV

tuner module to your VGA monitor or LCD TV monitor.

d. Run the 3.5mm audio cable from your multimedia speaker or stereo system to the audio

output (“SPEAKER” port) from the back panel of TV tuner module.

e. Connect the audio out from the PC sound card to the audio input (“AUDIO IN” port) in the

back panel of TV tuner module to your VGA monitor or LCD TV monitor.

f. Connect the AC/DC power adapter of the TV tuner module and power on the cable TV

tuner module using the supplied remote control or the push button on the tuner module.

g. Set the TV tuner module at TV mode by pressing the “INPUT” button from the remote

controller or from the front control panel on the module unit itself. The “INPUT” button will

lead you to the desired video input channel from Coax(TV), Composite Video,

S-Video and PC VGA Pass Through. The video channel selection goes by a loop, i.e.

CATV AVSV CATV…

h. If the TV video screen is displayed on the CRT/LCD TV monitor or projector when you set

the TV tuner module at TV mode. Congratulation! You have finished the installation.

*All brand names and trademarks stated or illustrated are related to their respect owners.

Rear

Sound Card

VGA Card

(3) Connection with satellite receiver, set top box, video game console, DVD/VCR player or

another Video Appliances, Please use composite RCA video cable or s-video cable for

cable connection. (In this section, you can watch video showing on the screen while finishing

all the installation.)

a. Follows the previous steps to connect the output from this TV tuner module to your monitor

display properly using VGA cable.

b. Connects the RCA video cable or S-video cable from the video output of your video source

such as satellite receiver, set top box, video game console or DVD/VCR player to the

composite video input or s-video input of the TV tuner module unit. (Please be noted that

the RCA composite cables are color-coded: yellow RCA for video, white RCA for

audio left channel and red RCA for audio right channel)

c. Connects the audio outputs from your video source to the RCA white and red jacks of this

TV tuner module for audio input.

d. Run the 3.5mm audio cable from your multimedia speaker or stereo system to the audio

output (“SPEAKER” port) from the back panel of TV tuner module.

e. Power on the TV tuner module.

f. Set the TV tuner module at the corresponding video input mode by pressing the

“INPUT” button from the remote controller or from the front control panel on the module

unit itself. The “INPUT” button will lead you to the desired video input channel from

Coax(TV), Composite Video, S-Video and PC VGA Pass Through. The video channel

selection goes by a loop, i.e. CATV AV SV CATV…

g. Play your video device now. If the picture and audio come on your monitor screen and

speaker, your installation is completed.

All brand names and trademarks stated or illustrated are related to their respect owners.

Camcorder / Video Camera

Satellite Receiver

Set Top Box

VCR/DVD

Media Player

X-BoxTM

GCTM

PS2TM

REMOTE CONTROLLER DESCRIPTION

All Functions Of The IR Remote Controller

MUTE:Press this button

to mute the audio output

from the 3.5mm mini

stereo jack.

PIP: Press this button to

start the TV video

sub-window at any time

over the PC Windows

screen. This function is

only active when a PC is

turned on and connected

to this video converter’s

VGA input. Users can

watch video or TV while

using the PC at the same

time by pressing this

button at any time.

INPUT: Press this

button to select the

desired video input

channel for display from

input of Coax/TV, AV,SV

source. Pressing this

button repeatedly will

toggle through all different

video channel screens

from input devices

connected to this

converter module.

PICTURE: Press this

button for hot key for the

setting(TV function)

Power: Turn on/off this video

converter/TV tuner module or

used for TV <->PC mode

selection

Numeric Key:0~9

1--: Entry for TV channel

number over 100. Users will

need to press this key first in

order to enter the 3-digit

channel number for higher

number TV channels.

RETURN: Last Channel

Recall (only valid in TV/CATV

mode)

MENU:Press this button to

display the setup menu on the

screen for adjustment and

configuration purpose.

CH+/-:TV Channel scrolling

up/down (only valid in

TV/CATV mode)

VOL+/-:Press this button to

adjust the audio output volume

RES:Press this button to

change the VGA output

resolution up to 1920x1200

pixels from this unit.

PREVIEW: Press this

button for TV channel preview

function

Using This TV Tuner For The First Time…

When the unit is powered up for the first time, the default input to the unit is TV(RF) input and there

are no TV channels available yet. Users must train the tuner by using the channel scan function

provided in the OSD operation menu to scan all the TV channels available in your area or from local

cable TV service provider.(Note: The channel scan function is available only when the input source is

set at TV mode)

Step 1: press the “MENU” button from the remote controller.

Step 2: press “CH+” or “CH-“ to scroll around all the categories until “Search” category is highlighted

and then press “VOL+” or “VOL-“ to get into the sub-menu of channel search/scan.

Step 3: In the sub-menu of channel search, there are options of “CH Scan”, “Manual Scan”.

Step 4: Next move upward to “CH Scan” option by pressing “CH+” button from the remote.

Step 5: Once “CH Scan” function is highlighted, press “VOL+” or VOL-“ to enter into the sub-menu. In

this sub-menu, there are options of “CH Scan” and “FREQ Scan”. User can press “CH-“ or “CH+”

button from the remote to perform either way of channel scan.

(Note: If the “CH Scan” function could not find all the available TV channels, please change to use

“Freq Scan” function to perform the channel scan again. Freq Scan function takes longer time but with

more detailed search for channel frequencies.)

Step 6: Once “CH Scan” or “Freq Scan” is selected, press “VOL+” or “VOL-“ from the remote control

to perform the channel scan accordingly and wait for the scan process to be finished completely.

Watching satellite video or DVD playing on your monitor

Step 1: make sure that the DVD/VCR player, satellite receiver or other video device is properly

connected to the video input of this external TV tuner module.

Step 2: press “INPUT” button on your remote controller or on the front control panel of this unit to

select composite video or s-video input channel.

Step 3: play your video device and you should see the video show up on your display.

OSD MENU OPERATION

When you press the “MENU” button on the remote control, an OSD(On-Screen-Display) menu will pop

up with 6 main category icons on the display screen as follows: “Picture”, “Search”, “Audio”, “Setup”,

“Time” and “Access.”.

Note: All the selectable functions provided in the OSD menu can be accessed from using the

remote controller.

“MENU” button: For entering into the main menu, going back to the previous sub-menu or exiting the

menu.

“VOL+” / “VOL-“ buttons: For entering into each sub-menu, setting up parameters and selecting

function to be performed.

“CH+” / “CH-“ buttons:For moving around between the listed categories and items in the main menu

and each following sub-menu.

1. Picture: For Video Quality Adjustment

1.Picture

1.Bright

2.Search

2.Contrast

3.Audio

3.Saturation

4.Setup

4.Hue

5.Time

5.Color temp.

Normal /warm /cold

6.Access.

6.Picture mode

Normal/user/bright/soft

Bright: Adjust the brightness of the video output from the tuner.

Contrast: Adjust the contrast of the video output images.

Saturation: Adjust the color saturation of the video output images.

Hue: Adjust the color hue of the video output.

Color Temperature: Select the color temperature mode from Normal, Warm, and Cold modes.

Picture mode: 4 available screen picture modes up on selections (Normal/User/Bright/Soft modes).

2. Search : Available TV Channel Scan

1. Picture

2. Search

1.Auto Scan

CH Scan

3. Audio

Freq Scan

4. Setup

5. Time

2.Manual Scan

Channel

6. Access.

Band

VHFL/VHFH/UHF

 

Fine

>>>

Skip

ON/OFF

Auto Scan: There are 2 methods for scanning the TV Channel.

CH Scan: Scan and find the TV channels via channel mapping.

Freq Scan: Detailed TV channel scan by frequency step by step.

Manual Scan: This option is for analog broadcast TV use only. When users may need to scan the

channel via manual scan method, there are 5 items that you will need to do the scan.

Channel: You can use VOL+/- to choose the desired channel

Band: 3 bands of VHFL/VHFH/UHF. Use for countries with analog broadcast TV only.

Search: do the search

Fine: fine tune the frequency, add or decrease 0.1MHz /step

Skip: skip the channel

3 .Audio : For Audio Output Set-up And Controls

1. Picture

2. Search

3.Audio

1.volume

4. Setup

2.equalize

5.Time

6.Access

Volume: change the output audio volume level.

Equalize: change the balance of the audio output

4. Setup: System settings

1. Picture

1.OSD setting

Bright

Normal/Bright/Gloom

2. Search

Background

Gradual/Normal/Mix

3. Audio

Mix

Normal/Heavy/Light

4.Setup

5. Time

2.Display mode

Signal source

TV / AV /SV

6. Access.

Colour system

AUTO

Monitor type

4:3 / 16:9 / 16:10

Display ratio

800x 600

60 / 75Hz

1024x 768

60 / 75Hz

1280x1024

60 / 75Hz

1366x 768

60Hz

1440x 900

60Hz

1600x1200

60Hz

1680x1050

60Hz

1920x1080

60Hz

1920x1200

60Hz

POP mode

Center/Bottom R

/Top R/Bottom L/Top L

Browse mode

4 / 9/ 16 pic.

3.Advance

setting

De-noise

off/high/middle/low

BLE

on/off

Gamma

LCD / CRT /bright /off

Screen Mode

Normal/4:3/16:9

4.Blue

background

5.Factory

mode

OSD setting: Selection of language, brightness degree, mix degree and background color for the

OSD menu display on the screen.

Display mode: Change parameter of the display mode, there are 6 items for setting

Advance setting: Setting of the picture parameter

BLUE Background: Activating screen to be blue when signal loss. There are 2 selections “ON”,”OFF”

Factory mode: Reset all the previous setup back to the factory default settings.

Description of sub item

Bright: change the brightness of the OSD session.

Mix: mixture of OSD and background

Background: Change the background style for the OSD session.

Signal Source : Change the input source. There are 3 input selections:

TV : CATV

AV: Composite Video

SV: S- Video

Color System: Setting of the color system. The default is AUTO.

Monitor Type: Change the output aspect ratio, there are 3 selections, 4:3/16:9/16:10

Display ratio: Change the VGA output resolutions at 12 different levels:

800X 600

60Hz

800X 600

75Hz

1024X 768

60Hz

1024X 768

75Hz

1280X1024

60Hz

1280X1024

75Hz

1366X 768

60Hz

1440X 900

60Hz

1600X1200

60Hz

1680X1050

60Hz

1920x1080

60Hz

1920X1200

60Hz

( Note: The output resolution should be selected within the capacity of the monitor display. If you set

the output resolution of this unit beyond the maximum that your monitor can handle, there will be no

pictures showing on the screen. Use the included remote controller to power off the video converter

first and then press “0” button three times to revert the resolution back to 1024x768 pixels when the

above-mentioned did happen. )

POP-Mode: change the POP sub window position. There are 5 selections, Canter/Bottom R/Top

R/Bottom L/Top L

Browse Mode: Selection of the quick view windows number from 4, 9 to 16.

De-noise : Adjust the noise reduction level to match the best performance with your display. There are

4 selections, High, Middle, Low and Off. ( Note: If the de-noise level is set to high mode, there will be

lagging of video on some action themes so the choice should be made with caution. )

BLE: Enhance the black color level to make the video more vivid.

GAMMA: 4-Preset gamma correction level available for selection to match the performance of

different monitor type. There are 4 selections, LCD-CRT-Bright-Off

DISPLAY Mode: Change the output monitor type, there are 2 selections, Normal or 4:3

5 Time : Sleep Timer Setting

1. Picture

1. Sys off

00:00

no use/always/once

2. Search

2. Sys on

00:00

no use/always/once

3. Audio

3. Remind

00:00

no use/always/once

4. Setup

4. Reserve

00:00

5. Time

00:00

6. Access.

This section is for users to configure the automation of system shutdown time or wake-up schedule.

6 .Access : Some useful software

1. Picture

2. Search

3. Audio

4. Setup

5. Time

6. Access.

Calendar

Software ID

Product Specification

Item

Specification

CATV/TV Input

75 Ohm F female or IEC female

Frequency range

48~862MHz

Video Input

AV(Composite Video), SV(S-Video)

Audio Input (Signal Source)

Stereo RCA Left + Right Channels

Audio Input (PC)

3.5mm Stereo

VGA Input/Output Connector

D-sub HD-15 Pin Female

Power- AC/DC adaptor

5 VDC, 1A.

VGA Output Resolution

800x 600

60 / 75Hz

1024x 768

60 / 75Hz

1280x1024

60 / 75Hz

1366x 768

60Hz

1440x 900

60Hz

1600x1200

60Hz

1680x1050

60Hz

1920x1080

60Hz

1920x1200

60Hz

Audio Output

3.5 mm Stereo

Video Output

RCA jacket

Regulatory Compliance

FCC 15.225 FCC Part 15-Class B

ICES-003 CE, RoHS

*Specification subject to change without further notice

TROUBLE SHOOTING

Question : No Video ?

a. Please check all the cable connection first and make sure that you connect the cables

correctly between your video device, this video converter and your display unit according to

the diagram shown on page 4,5,6 and 7 in this manual.

b. Check the power connection and make sure that the power LED from the front panel of this

unit is turned green using the supplied power adapter from the package.

c. If you use a flat panel or regular TV for display, please make sure that you select the right

video input channel from your TV for screen display. Example: If the output from this video

converter/TV tuner was connected to video input #1 on the TV panel but you were expecting

and looking at video channel 2 on TV for video display, you will not see the picture from the

display because of the incorrect video channel being selected by mistake.

d. Make sure that you do not set the VGA output resolution of this video converter beyond the

maximum capacity that your monitor or projector can handle. Example: If your monitor

display supports up to 1280x1024 pixels but you set this video converter to output at

1920x1200 for output to the monitor, there will be no picture showing in this case and the

monitor will display an error message of “Out Of Frequency Range”. At this time please use

the remote control to power off the video converter box first and then press “0” button from

the remote three times continuously. Press the power button again, you shall see the picture

come back up again at 1024x768 pixels resolution. During this process, please do not

unplug the power adapter.

e. In case of compatibility issue with the VGA display you were using, you can test out this

video converter /TV tuner with a different VGA monitor or projector to find out more

information.

f. If you can not see TV channels from the tuner of this video converter, please do the channel

scan again as instructed on page 9. Also make sure that you select the right TV system

mode from the OSD menu of this TV tuner unit. Example: If you connect the coax cable

from the wall for CATV into the RF input of this unit, you must select TV system mode as

“CATV” from the OSD menu of this unit as stated on page 10. If you select “AIR TV “ mode,

this unit will not work correctly.

g. If you have digital cable TV service, you must use either a composite rca video cable or

s-video cable to connect from your digital cable box into the composite input or SV input of

this video converter. You can not connect the coax cable from your digital cable box into the

coax input of this CATV tuner. Our unit supports all the SD standard cable TV channels and

it can not decode the digital or HD channels for you. That is why you will be provided with a

digital set top box from your local cable company when you subscribe to digital cable TV

service.

h. If you have satellite video, you must use either a composite rca video cable or s-video cable

to connect from your satellite receiver’s output to the composite input or SV input of this

video converter as illustrated on page 7 in this manual. You can not connect the coax cable

from your satellite receiver to the coax input of this CATV. The coax input of our unit is

designed for cable TV signals only. Any other coax signals will not be decoded properly.

Question: No sound?

a. Please check all the audio cable connection first and make sure that you connect cables

correctly between your video device, this video converter and your display unit according to

the diagram shown in this manual.

b. Please check if your video device outputs audio properly first.

c. If you have accidentally muted the audio output on your video device or this video converter

or your display end, you will have no audio either. If that were the case, please un-mute the

audio out from your video device, video converter or display accordingly.

Question: No response from the remote controller?

a. Make sure that you are pointing the remote controller of this video converter toward the IR

sensor window of this unit within 20 ft and +/- 15 degrees. The supplied remote control of this

unit uses infrared, not RF type like the ones used from your home TV.

b. Please check the batteries of the remote control and replace with new ones if necessary.

Question: How to reset the unit back to default?

a. User can press the “MENU” button from the remote controller to show the configuration menu

on the screen. Then scroll to “Setup” section and select “Factory mode” to confirm reverting

all the current setting back to the default values as detailed on page 11.

Ambery LCDT6 Operating instructions

Brand: Ambery

Model: LCDT6

Category: LCD TVs

Type: Operating instructions

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